“Never as today has independent, competent and passionate capacity to rethink the humanitarian community and the way in which it confronts the new challenges of present times been more important. This is reason enough for HERE-Geneva to be created.” – António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General

What we do

One of the basic principles of humanitarian aid is that those who need aid most will be prioritised. It is our concern that humanitarian actors have increasingly been unable to deliver aid to those most in need. We believe that there are major gaps in humanitarian responses around the globe and we are collecting evidence to demonstrate these gaps, and possible solutions for filling them.

HERE carries out two sets of activities:

Self-initiated research: these projects are based in our own observations and assessments of the gaps between policy and practice. They are covered by unrestricted funds from donors, and we carry them out independently.